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  • Three-year old abducted in Ogun rescued in Nsukka

    Three-year old abducted in Ogun rescued in Nsukka

    •Victim rescued in Nsukka

    Four-year-old Master Steve Kanu, who was snatched from his parents’ home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has been rescued in Nsukka, Enugu State.

    The boy was said to have opened the gate of his father’s house at Laderin Estate, Abeokuta on November 2, when he heard the sound of visitors knocking.

    Upon opening the gate, the “visitors” grabbed Steve, took him into a waiting vehicle and sped away.

    Yesterday, the police said the boy had been rescued and that Kenechukwu Amoke, Anayo Amoke, Oluchi Asadu (female) and Maureen Uchenna(female), had been arrested.

    Commissioner of Police Abdulmajid Ali paraded the suspects at the Eleweran headquarters of the State Police Command, saying the victim was rescued on November 19.

    Ali added that Uchenna, a nurse, who works at the victim’s father’s hospital, carried out the kidnapping in connivance with her boy friend, Obinna Amoke, who is on the run.

    The commissioner said Steve Kanu was first kept in Anayo Amoke’s home in Abeokuta for eight days before he was moved to Nsukka, Enugu State, where the suspects kept him in the custody of 25-year-old Asadu.

    Also paraded were five robbery suspects notorious for snatching exotic cars in Lagos and Ogun states.

    They are reputed to have stolen 38 cars and were arrested by operatives attached to Itele Police Division, Ota.

    Jimoh Adeyemi, Akinbanmi Kabiru, Odunlami Daud, Taiwo Opeyemi and Rahmon Taofeek are assisting the police in their investigation. Four of the snatched cars were recovered from them.

    Segun Ogundipe, Olamilekan Makinde, Adenekan Sunkanmi, Afeez Oladipupo, Azeez Ologundade, Taiwo Ade, Tajani Yusuf and Oluwaseun Osiloye were arrested for robbery and cultism.

  • Ex-Eagles player, Etuhu arrested in Sweden

    Ex-Eagles player, Etuhu arrested in Sweden

    Former Super Eagles midfielder Dickson Etuhu was arrested after allegedly being involved in a scuffle with security guards and police in Sweden on Sunday night, according to the UK Mirror.

    The 33-year-old, who has previously played for Manchester City, Sunderland, Fulham and Blackburn, is now plying his trade for Stockholm-based side AIK.

    However, the midfielder has landed himself in hot water after the incident outside a nightclub in the area.

    A brawl took place after Etuhu and two other men were denied entrance to the venue, with police called to the scene.

    The Nigerian released a statement via his club’s website explaining how it happened.

    He said: “I want to confirm that I am the AIK player that was involved in the incident that has been reported in the media during the last two days.

    “I’m coming forward because I don’t want any more speculation surrounding my team-mates about who was involved and I have always stood up for my actions.

    “I have talked to my club and the police about what in my opinion happened on Sunday night, and I will today file a report to the police about what I believe caused the incident and the way the security staff acted.

    “I have no further comments since it is now an ongoing police investigation.”

    AIK’s director of football Björn Wesström added: “It’s never good news when anyone in our club is involved in this kind of matter.

    “I have been in contact with the player and had a good conversation with him in which he calmly gave his version of the story.”

  • Two Oyo pilgrims arrested

    Two Oyo pilgrims arrested

    Two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo State have been arrested by the Saudi Arabian authorities for drug-related offences.

    The Secretary, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Adeleke AbdulKareem, made this known in an interview in Ibadan, the state capital yesterday.

    Quoting the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), an online medium, newspeakonline.com, reported Abdulkareem as saying that the affected pilgrims were women, adding that one of them escaped. The other is still in detention.

    He said Tramador, a contraband drug in Saudi Arabia, against which the pilgrims had been warned, was found on the pilgrims, prompting their arrest.

    Abdulkareem added that two other pilgrims died due to ill-health before Arafat Day.

    He said the last batch of pilgrims from the state arrived Nigeria on October 11.

    He advised pilgrims to always comply with the rules and regulation of the Saudi authorities to avoid being arrested or tarnishing the country’s image.

  • Another passenger arrested with $34,000 at Lagos airport

    Another passenger arrested with $34,000 at Lagos airport

    An attempt by a passenger to smuggle 23 wraps containing $34,000 has been foiled by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

    The suspect, Ozoh Ikenna, was arrested  yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on his way to Brazil.

    The dollars were detected during screening of passengers on the Etihad Airways flight to Abu Dhabi.

    The money was packed in wraps similar to narcotics and concealed in his shorts.

    The NDLEA Airport Commander, Ahmadu Garba, said  the arrest was facilitated by the scanning machine.

    “The wraps of dollars found on Ozoh Ikenna were detected with the aid of scanning machine. We also conducted a follow-up operation where one Ogbo Emmanuel who gave Ozoh  $34,000 was arrested,”  Garba stated.

    Investigation conducted by the Assets and Financial Investigation Directorate headed by Mrs Victoria Egbase revealed that the suspects were involved in the laundering of a substantial amount of money which was illicit drug proceeds.

    Egbase said:”We were able to trace over N226,000,000 to one bank account, belonging to the second suspect, Ogbo Emmanuel. The account name is Eternal God International Limited”.

    Ogbo Emmanuel hails from Umunya in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. After his primary and secondary education, he travelled to Onitsha to work as an automobile parts businessman.

    In 1996, he relocated to Lagos. In 2005, he left Nigeria for Gambia in search of greener pastures. While in Gambia, he travelled to Germany twice to purchase fairly used electronic equipment.

    Ogbo came back to Lagos in 2008 and had been selling  cosmetic products at the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos.

    Ozoh, in his statement, said:  “I live in Brazil since 2008. I was paid to smuggle the $34,000 to Brazil. They promised to pay me five per cent. I agreed to smuggle the money to alleviate my financial hardship. I could not swallow the wraps, so I decided to hide them in my shorts.”

    Investigation also revealed that suspected drug proceeds were regularly deposited in the said bank account by members of an international drug cell that smuggles cocaine from South America to West Africa.

    Findings also revealed that the cosmetic business of Ogbo Emmanuel at the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos was a mere cover-up as his sales record did not justify the large flow of money into his bank account. A Hyundai Tucson Jeep was seized as an exhibit during the raid operation.

    Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade,  said that the agency is strategically targeting criminal wealth.

    “Asset forfeiture is one of the effective ways of responding to organised crime threats. We are working assiduously to trace and confiscate criminal wealth of drug syndicates. Strategic efforts are ongoing to prevent the entry of drug proceeds into legitimate economy and criminal financing,” Giade stated.

    The NDLEA boss assured members of the public that in view of the overwhelming evidence linking the money to narcotics, the agency will diligently prosecute the suspects.

  • Six kidnap suspects arrested in Delta

    A suspected six-man kidnap gang and a 22-year-old member of a vigilance group, the Agbarha-Otor Vigilance group, have been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

    The vigilance group member was said to have just been released from prison over a related offence.

    According to a source from a member of the anti-robbery squad, the names of those arrested are: Clement Robin, Ovie Kupa, Kojo Emuobonuvie, Omamuyovwi John while a 6th suspect identified as Ruona escaped in an attempt to arrest him.

    The source had said that the suspects were arrested by the SARS on patrol along Evwereni and Ughelli axis of the East West road while on a trip to Ughelli in a Toyota Sienna car with registration number, Lagos, AAA 619 BZ.

    One of the suspects had confessed to have moved from Uwheru were they converged and prepared themselves with charms in a mission to kidnap the brother of one of the gang’s members.

    When contacted, the Delta State Police Spokesperson, Celestina Kalu said that investigation was already ongoing.

  • Woman, daughter arrested for alleged child trafficking

    The intelligence department of Abia State Police Command has arrested a mother and her 19-year-old daughter for suspected child trafficking.

    The police said both women allegedly sold a baby newly delivered by the younger one.

    A statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Ezekiel Onyeke said, “The arrest of the duo was as a result of intelligence report received by operatives of the department.”

    Onyeke said that the mother whose child was sold was given N10,000 to take care of her immediate needs while part of the money was used to pay for her apprenticeship where she was learning a trade.

    The police said that one Martha Ajuzieogu who operates an illegal maternity home in her residence conspired with a certain welfare officer named Ngozi and one Amarachi, both at large, and others shortly after the delivery to sell the baby.

    Also, the police have foiled a possible clash between rival cult groups Vikings and Ayez at Abia State Polytechnic, Aba.

    Four suspected cultists were arrested while a locally-made pistol from one of the suspects.

    Onyeke said, “Upon information received by the intelligence unit of the police in Aba, Abia State that Vikings and Ayez secret cults were warming up for a clash on 30th September 2015, our men moved in…with the school security outfit.”

    The four suspects were said to have made useful statements to the police.

     

  • Eight arrested for selling pirated works in Edo

    Neither persons have been arrested in Benin City the Edo State capital for allegedly dealing in pirated works.

    They were arrested by officials of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) who were on a routine raid on hotspots like Sapele road, Ramat Park and Siluko road.

    Several bags of audiovisual materials were recovered from the suspects.

    Zonal Head of Operations, Mr. Joseph Ajang, said the exercise was part of measures to check the spread of piracy in Edo and Delta after several petitions from intellectual property owners.

    One of the suspects, Jonathan Okeke, said he was not aware that he was selling pirated works.

    He said: “I buy in Benin and Lagos. Unfortunately, the NCC came to my shop and said that I sell pirated audiovisual materials.

    “I have been in the business for two to three years now. But I do not know that they (audiovisual materials) are pirated material. It is my first time to hear about piracy.?”

    Ajang said the suspects would be prosecuted at the end of investigation.

    He said, “They will always claim ignorance. But we have been educating them that what they sell is against the law. They know the originals, yet they insist that man must survive.

    “These siezed materials will serve as exhibits. They destroy the economy deny the rightful owners of the benefits of their works.

    “The public should be warned that piracy is a crime and the commission has zero tolerance for piracy. We will continue this fight until we win.?”

     

  • Fake policemen arrested

    Fake policemen arrested

    Two men, Lawal Hakeem, 43, and Abiodun Ibrahim, 32, have been arrested for allegedly impersonating policemen at Mile 2, Lagos.

    Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Commander Olatunji Disu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), said the suspects were arrested by patrolling policemen because of their “suspicious” movement.

    The suspects, he said, claimed to be police officers on being accosted.

    Disu said: “The RRS operatives continued interrogation, after a while, one of them, Hakeem, showed his cloned police identification card. The RRS men looked at the I.D card critically to discover that it was a fake I.D. Immediately both of them were arrested and bundled into the squad’s vehicle and driven to the headquarters for further investigation”.

    At the station, Disu said, Ibrahim confessed he is not a police officer but Hakeem’s intimate friend. Ibrahim said he was trying to settle a dispute between Hakeem and a motorist when the policemen arrived, Disu added.

    Hakeem, who lives at Shittu Ajiron in Ajangbadi in Ojo Local government area, confessed that he was a police officer before he deserted in July last year.

    “I got enlisted Nigerian Police force on April 4, 1989 with force number; 180939 before I was deserted from the Force last year due to absenteeism from work after the death of my wife. Since that time, things have not been easy for me. I was only parading myself as police officer only to find means of livelihood. I am appealing to the Nigerian Police force to forgive me and I swear I will not do the same again’’, he appealed.

    The Police said the suspects would be charged to court soon.

  • Two ISIS-bound Nigerians arrested in India

    Two ISIS-bound Nigerians arrested in India

    Desperate youths jumped over high barbed wire fence, thinking they had entered Pakistan

    PUNJAB, India  Two young Nigerians suspected to be on their way to joining the Islamic State (ISIS)  terror gang were yesterday  arrested at the volatile  India-Pakistan border  after  scaling a barbed wire fence near the  border .

    Alert Border Security Force (BSF) troopers apprehended  Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu both from Kano  and later handed them over to Punjab Police.

    The  suspects  aged around 24-25  told BSF officials they wanted to go to Pakistan and later to Iraq.

    They carried no valid travel documents to enter Pakistan.

    Both youths arrived in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, 30 km from Punjab , on Thursday from Delhi in a hired taxi. They argued with the taxi driver on Thursday night, hoodwinked him and drove away his Swift Dzire car. They arrived at the integrated checkpoint at Attari  yesterday  morning.

    “On finding the border gates closed, the youths moved towards a barbed wire fence along the Attari-Wagah rail track (on which the Samjhauta Express peace train between both countries plies) and jumped over the high barbed wire fence, thinking they had entered Pakistan. BSF personnel immediately nabbed them,” a BSF official said.

    BSF Amritsar sector deputy inspector general M.F. Farooqui confirmed the arrest.

    The entire 553-km international border between India and Pakistan in Punjab is on high alert following the July 27 terror attack on Dinanagar town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district by Pakistani terrorists. Security is also tight in view of the coming Independence Day on August 15.

    Since the youths claimed their final destination was Iraq, security officials  said they could be headed to join the Islamic State terror outfit.

    Both youths came to India on student visas about a year ago. While Imran is doing BBA from the Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University, Sani is a BSc third semester student of the Kerala-based Mahatama Gandhi University. Both were residing in Delhi.

    Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutalab was arrested on Christmas Day,2009 aboard North West  Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam  to Detroit,Michigan following his attempt to blow up the plane.

    He was found to be carrying plastic explosives in his underwear.

    He was subsequently tried  and convicted by a US Federal Court on an eight count charge including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

    Farouk was sentenced on February 16,2012 to four life terms plus 50 years without parole.

    Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula claimed,as the  trial got underway, that it trained the convict and supplied him with the explosives.

  • Four suspected Boko Haram terrorists arrested in Borno village

    Four suspected Boko Haram terrorists arrested in Borno village

    Four suspected Boko Haram militants were yesterday arrested by members of the Civilian JTF in Malari, a village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

    Their arrest, which came three days after some insurgents raided communities in the troubled northeastern state, coincided with the visit of Governor Kashim Shettima.

    The governor was on solidarity and sympathy visit to Malari after an attack by insurgents claimed nine lives and displaced many.

    The people were killed when the militants stormed the villages including: Shettimari, Kammiri, Kakurami, Kalari Auwlari, Burari and Malari , all in Konduga council area.

    Governor Shettima was shocked when some youths, alighted from a Volkswagen Golf car wiith four young men, whose hands were tied.

    A civilian JTF leader, Nuhu Kumshise said one of the arrested sect member, had been notorious, terrorising and wreaking havoc on the villagers around Konduga.

    “We arrested them today after his father handed over them to us. Then they led us into the bush where the two remaining guys hid themselves,” Kumshise said.

    One the suspects allegedly confessed to his membership of the deadly group and he further named his leader.

    Another member of the Civilian JTF, Bakura  Yusuf said: “Long before now we have been told that one of those arrested is the leader who used to lead attacks on us.”

    The governor appealed to the hundreds of displaced persons at the Malari Primary School that they would soon be moved in buses to Konduga and that food items as well as other materials will immediately be provided by the state government.